Hi Janina. I have tried the following lines in my script which have worked in the past with 2.6 kernels: #!/bin/sh cdrecord -eject speed=2 dev=/dev/hdc -audio 01.cdr 02.cdr I have also tried substituting ATAPI:1,0,0 for the /dev/hdc part. both seem to start up but then I get the trackno=0 and after a while a bunch of out-of-memory errors. I'm not sure why a memory leak would affect my computer and not yours, but that's no great surprise since I don't know that much about memory leaks in the first please. There was a mention in linuxtoday of such a memory leak and that it should generate a linux-2.6.8.2 but it didn't. I think my best next diagnostic move would be to try another 2.6 kernel and see if the problem goes away. -- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."